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It was one year ago today that Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker broke the news that then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer had set the State Police on Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

That stunning fact, Dicker explained, was behind a story leaked days earlier by Team Spitzer to a compliant Albany newspaper reporter regarding Bruno’s use of state aircraft; the intent clearly was to damage the GOP leader.

Thus began the still unresolved Troopergate scandal – and its repercussions are still being felt today.

Who could have anticipated a year ago that Dicker’s revelation would set the stage for Spitzer’s humiliating resignation months later in a hooker scandal?

That this story remains open was made clear this week with startling accusations pinpointing how the various “investigations” into Troopergate were whitewashes meant to cover up Spitzer’s central role.

The sole exception: Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, whose probe – while limited by his inability to subpoena testimony – came close to the truth.

The latest revelation comes from Spitzer’s ousted communications director, Darren Dopp, who charges that the state Public Integrity Commission’s executive director, Herbert Teitelbaum, was uninterested in evidence suggesting that Spitzer knew about the Bruno smear.

Instead, as transcripts of Dopp’s questioning – first published by The Post – reveal, Teitelbaum kept trying to depict the aide as a “rogue” who “took it upon [himself] to dig up the [Bruno] records.”

Actually, news that the “independent” commission’s probe was little more than a charade is unsurprising.

This page said as much when Teitelbaum pocketed a $15,000 pay hike and jetted off for a 21/2-week vacation after just months on the job.

And, as we also noted, Teitelbaum had close political ties to Spitzer – whose appointees controlled the panel.

Even so, the latest allegations involving Teitelbaum are extraordinary.

Teitelbaum “would change the subject whenever the governor’s name came up,” according to Dopp – who testified that Spitzer “had the final pass” on releasing the Bruno records.

Even Albany DA David Soares, whose initial investigation declared that no violation of law took place, reversed course after Spitzer’s hooker-induced resignation – concluding that the governor, who denied any knowledge of the affair, likely would have faced impeachment.

Which is why Dopp says he won’t make a deal with the commission, unlike two other one-time Spitzer aides – opting instead for a full public hearing.

He should have it.

Yes, Eliot Spitzer is gone – and so are most of those who helped orchestrate the State Police’s “get Bruno” effort.

And yes, Gov. Paterson has sworn that such repugnant activity will not be tolerated on his watch.

But it’s important that all the facts of the scandal come to light.

Not just on the affair itself – but, most especially, on what clearly was an ensuing coverup.